Ghs change cysto/gastrost at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$293.24
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$799.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$205.14 with LA Care vs $6,060.00 with Blue Shield CA — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $205.14 | ↓ -30% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $205.14 | ↓ -30% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $205.14 | ↓ -30% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $205.14 | ↓ -30% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $205.14 | ↓ -30% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $205.14 | ↓ -30% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $205.14 | ↓ -30% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $205.14 | ↓ -30% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $205.14 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $270.78 | ↓ -8% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $288.22 | ↓ -2% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $288.22 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +5% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +5% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +5% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +5% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +5% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $339.92 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $339.92 | ↑ +16% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $386.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $420.27 | ↑ +43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $494.39 | ↑ +69% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $501.80 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $540.40 | ↑ +84% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $586.72 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $609.88 | ↑ +108% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $625.32 | ↑ +113% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $668.76 | ↑ +128% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $764.28 | ↑ +161% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $772.00 | ↑ +163% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $772.00 | ↑ +163% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $772.00 | ↑ +163% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +891% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,123.00 | ↑ +965% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +1115% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,643.00 | ↑ +1142% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +1210% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +1283% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +1312% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,362.00 | ↑ +1388% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +1807% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +1967% |
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Ghs change cysto/gastrost at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $306.45 | $205.14 – $617.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $387.20 | $238.68 – $689.52 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,589.67 | $336.70 – $1,921.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $753.28 | $205.14 – $1,234.80 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $70.60 | $26.13 – $101.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $689.92 | $205.14 – $1,220.10 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,660.56 | $354.75 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,502.57 | $321.35 – $8,018.00 |